The Adrian Mole Diaries : The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 : The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

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Summary: An exciting and modern story (and play)
Review: I didn't read the book, but I preformed in the play as Mr. Lucas. I didn't like my character but I thought that the rest of the cast was fantastic, and I thought: "If S. Townsend was here to watch us, I think she'd be really happy." Now that I've become more familiar with Adrian Mole, I hope to be able to read the sequels of the book.

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Summary: Wonderful, touching, hilarious
Review: I was a 13 3/4-ish teenager when this first came out in Britain and remember my entire family (from grandparents to teenagers) being convulsed by the "school trip to the British Museum" entry. We still find the best way to describe some events/people as "pure Adrian Mole". Years later it's still a treat - touching and rib-tickling by turns.

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Summary: I laughed...I Cried...I Cried because I was laughing!
Review: I was told about this book from an old friend of mine and was hesitant to read it b/c I thought it was for kids. When I tell you that tears were streaming down my face, I mean it. I read it in one sitting. It made me want to run out and buy the rest of the series!

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Summary: Adrian Mole is a Hoot!
Review: Thank goodness Adrian is an intellectual...who else could survive his decaying family!? The parents are poster children for the "me generation" (Adrian's father married his mother because she looked good in a mini-skirt! 'nuff said). Yet Adrian rises above them all with panache and humor. His ignorance of adult machinations is hilarious...and tender. He is a wonderful and funny character...too good for 'em all!

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Summary: The funniest books I've ever read!
Review: I first read "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" a few years ago for a writing class in college, and I absolutely LOVED it! I read it over and over! I knew there was another book, but couldn't find it anywhere until a few months ago when I found it on-line. I just finished reading "Adrian Mole: The Lost Years" and loved it just as much as the first one! Are there any other Adrian Mole books? If anyone knows of any other and where I can get them, please e-mail me!

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Summary: disappointing
Review: I can't believe almost everyone reviewed a 10 for this book! It is the by far the most disappointing book I've read in past year. Adrian is pretty much a typical adolscent story character, which makes the book even duller. Ugu- I can't believe I bought the book.

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Summary: The first 2 Mole books ("Secret Diary", "Growing Pains").
Review: The first two books, which were originally published separately in Britain but later anthologised in the UK compilation "Adrian Mole: From Minor To Major", are superb depictions of a zeitgeist. The astonishing thing is that, although the reference points (Adam Ant, the hoaxed Hitler Diaries, the 1981 Royal Wedding) are very much of their time, the books do not seem to be dating, even sixteen years after the character, originally called Nigel Mole (his best friend was initially Adrian) first appeared on a BBC Radio 4 play. Sue Townsend caught the mood of Thatcherism's early years, portraying Mole as a hopelessly introverted, nerdish innocent intellectual stuck in an awful household, finding solace in books his parents would throw into the bin and on lusting after Pandora, to whom he always felt socially inferior. Townsend caught the national mood like few authors in the modern age, because the character - bemused, lustful, nervy, uncertain - reflects something in every one of us. Sue Townsend is a superb satirist of modern mores, and the first two books, although lacking the tragic depth and thwarted ambition of later volumes, deserve to stand as classics.

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Summary: One of the ALL-TIME GREAT BOOKS
Review: I have been reading the Adrian Mole books since 1988. I love them all. Can't wait for the upcoming new book, Ghost Children. I hope it will be readily available in America, a big problem for the Mole books. I have had to specially order the last two. The first two I bought in Canada. Read this and you will never laugh as hard.

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Summary: couldnt stop LAUGHING!!!!
Review: i borrowed it from a friend..ever since ive read that book i couldnt stop laughing!!

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Summary: ADRIAN MOLE IS THE FUNNIEST CHARACTER I'VE EVER MET!!!!!!!!
Review: This book was absolutely and without a doubt the funniest book I have ever read. Aside from being extremely humourous, it is a touching tale of growing up, relationships and acceptance. Adrian Mole is such an easy character to love and adore...his "secret" thoughts are "dead" hilarious. BIG THANKS TO SUE TOWNSEND for giving us Adrian Mole!